Armin Elbers

Summary

Affiliation: Wageningen University
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. Assessment of the use of gross lesions at post-mortem to detect outbreaks of classical swine fever
    Armin R W Elbers
    Department of Epidemiology, Animal Health Service, P O Box 9, 7400 AA, Deventer, The Netherlands
    Vet Microbiol 96:345-56
  2. [Epidemiology of bluetongue virus serotype 8 outbreaks in the Netherlands in 2006]
    Armin Elbers
    Divisie Virologie, Centraal Veterinair Instituut van Wageningen UR, Postbus 65, 8200 AB Lelystad
    Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 133:222-9
  3. Local spread of classical swine fever upon virus introduction into The Netherlands: mapping of areas at high risk
    Gert Jan Boender
    Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen UR, Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
    BMC Vet Res 4:9
  4. Performance of clinical signs to detect bluetongue virus serotype 8 outbreaks in cattle and sheep during the 2006-epidemic in The Netherlands
    A R W Elbers
    Department of Virology, Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, PO Box 2004, 8203 AA Lelystad, The Netherlands
    Vet Microbiol 129:156-62
  5. Identification of the characteristics and risk factors of the BSE epidemic in the Netherlands
    Lourens Heres
    Central Institute for Animal Disease Control CIDC Lelystad, Bacteriology and TSE s, Lelystad, The Netherlands
    Risk Anal 27:1119-29
  6. [Nonspecific clinical signs in pigs and use of exclusion diagnosis for classical swine fever: a survey among pig farmers and veterinary practitioners]
    A R W Elbers
    Divisie Virologie, Centraal Instituut voor Dierziekte Controle, Lelvstad
    Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 132:340-5
  7. Risk maps for the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry
    Gert Jan Boender
    Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Lelystad, The Netherlands
    PLoS Comput Biol 3:e71
  8. Estimating the day of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H7N7) virus introduction into a poultry flock based on mortality data
    Marian E H Bos
    Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Vet Res 38:493-504
  9. [Risk factors for clinical signs of PMWS and PDNS in pigs in The Netherlands: a case-control study]
    A R W Elbers
    Centraal Instituut voor DierziekteConrrole CIDC Lelystad van Wageningen Universiteit en Retearch Center, Postbus 2004, 8203 AA Lelystad
    Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 131:318-25
  10. Performance of clinical signs in poultry for the detection of outbreaks during the avian influenza A (H7N7) epidemic in The Netherlands in 2003
    Armin R W Elbers
    Department of Virology, Central Institute for Animal Disease Control Lelystad CIDC Lelystad, PO Box 2004, 8203 AA, Lelystad, The Netherlands
    Avian Pathol 34:181-7

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. Assessment of the use of gross lesions at post-mortem to detect outbreaks of classical swine fever
    Armin R W Elbers
    Department of Epidemiology, Animal Health Service, P O Box 9, 7400 AA, Deventer, The Netherlands
    Vet Microbiol 96:345-56
    ..0001) larger than the area under the random ROC curve. It was concluded that, although gross pathology is a legitimate test, its quantitative contribution to the detection of CSF is limited...
  2. [Epidemiology of bluetongue virus serotype 8 outbreaks in the Netherlands in 2006]
    Armin Elbers
    Divisie Virologie, Centraal Veterinair Instituut van Wageningen UR, Postbus 65, 8200 AB Lelystad
    Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 133:222-9
    ..Morbidity and mortality rates were significantly higher among sheep than among cattle, and a higher proportion of cattle than sheep recovered from clinical disease...
  3. Local spread of classical swine fever upon virus introduction into The Netherlands: mapping of areas at high risk
    Gert Jan Boender
    Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen UR, Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
    BMC Vet Res 4:9
    ..Similar risk maps can in principle be constructed for other highly-transmissible livestock infections that spread via neighborhood transmission...
  4. Performance of clinical signs to detect bluetongue virus serotype 8 outbreaks in cattle and sheep during the 2006-epidemic in The Netherlands
    A R W Elbers
    Department of Virology, Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, PO Box 2004, 8203 AA Lelystad, The Netherlands
    Vet Microbiol 129:156-62
    ....
  5. Identification of the characteristics and risk factors of the BSE epidemic in the Netherlands
    Lourens Heres
    Central Institute for Animal Disease Control CIDC Lelystad, Bacteriology and TSE s, Lelystad, The Netherlands
    Risk Anal 27:1119-29
    ..No other risk factors, either farm or cow related, were significantly associated with the occurrence of BSE...
  6. [Nonspecific clinical signs in pigs and use of exclusion diagnosis for classical swine fever: a survey among pig farmers and veterinary practitioners]
    A R W Elbers
    Divisie Virologie, Centraal Instituut voor Dierziekte Controle, Lelvstad
    Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 132:340-5
    ....
  7. Risk maps for the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry
    Gert Jan Boender
    Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Lelystad, The Netherlands
    PLoS Comput Biol 3:e71
    ....
  8. Estimating the day of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H7N7) virus introduction into a poultry flock based on mortality data
    Marian E H Bos
    Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Vet Res 38:493-504
    ..The implications of the model outcomes for detecting and tracing outbreaks of H7N7 HPAI virus are discussed...
  9. [Risk factors for clinical signs of PMWS and PDNS in pigs in The Netherlands: a case-control study]
    A R W Elbers
    Centraal Instituut voor DierziekteConrrole CIDC Lelystad van Wageningen Universiteit en Retearch Center, Postbus 2004, 8203 AA Lelystad
    Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 131:318-25
    ..In the final statistical model, the presence of clinical signs of PRRS (and/or the associated use of vaccination against PRRS) was significantly associated with PDNS case herds...
  10. Performance of clinical signs in poultry for the detection of outbreaks during the avian influenza A (H7N7) epidemic in The Netherlands in 2003
    Armin R W Elbers
    Department of Virology, Central Institute for Animal Disease Control Lelystad CIDC Lelystad, PO Box 2004, 8203 AA, Lelystad, The Netherlands
    Avian Pathol 34:181-7
    ..The presence of apathy, specifically for turkeys, should be added to the SRS as an indicator...
  11. Ability of veterinary pathologists to diagnose classical swine fever from clinical signs and gross pathological findings
    A R W Elbers
    Department of Virology, Central Institute for Animal Disease Control Lelystad CIDC Lelystad, P O Box 2004, 8203 AA Lelystad, The Netherlands
    Prev Vet Med 66:239-46
    ..Inter-rater agreement was substantial for the diagnosis based on information on PME. Inter-rater agreement was considerably lower for the diagnosis based on the combined information on PME and clinical signs observed in the herd...
  12. Performance of gross lesions at postmortem for the detection of outbreaks during the avian influenza A virus (H7N7) epidemic in The Netherlands in 2003
    Armin R W Elbers
    Department of Virology, Central Institute for Animal Disease Control--Lelystad (CIDC-Lelystad, The Netherlands
    Avian Pathol 33:418-22
    ....
  13. A cross-sectional study to determine the seroprevalence of bluetongue virus serotype 8 in sheep and goats in 2006 and 2007 in the Netherlands
    Armin R W Elbers
    Department of Virology, Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands
    BMC Vet Res 4:33
    ..This should be taken into account when vaccinating animals...
  14. Avian influenza A virus (H7N7) epidemic in The Netherlands in 2003: course of the epidemic and effectiveness of control measures
    Arjan Stegeman
    Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    J Infect Dis 190:2088-95
    ....